Lieutenant (later Colonel) Robert Opie Lindsay (25 December 1894 - 1 August 1952) was a World War I fighter ace. Lieutenant Lindsay scored 6 aerial victories in WWI, making him an Ace. He served as a US Army Air Force Colonel in WWII at one point commanded Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was a founding member of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, forerunner of the Federal Aviation Administration, and was part of the development of Berry Field in Nashville, TN.
He was born on 25 December 1894. He married and had a daughter, Anne Bryan Lindsay. He died on 1 August 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas. Biography source - Wikipedia.org The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Robert Opie Lindsay, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 139th Aero Squadron, 4th Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Bantheville, France, 27 October 1918. In company with two other planes, Lieutenant Lindsay attacked three enemy planes (Fokker type) at an altitude of 3,000 meters, and after a sharp fight brought down one of them. While engaged with the two remaining machines, eight more planes (Fokker type) came at him from straight ahead. He flew straight through their formation, gained an advantageous position, and brought down another plane before he withdrew from the combat.
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From Aerodrom.com:
A SPAD XIII pilot from Madison, North Carolina, Robert Opie Lindsay was the son of Mrs. N. H. Lindsay of Madison, North Carolina. He joined the United States Signal Corps in 1917. Following preliminary training, he sailed for France where he served with the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center at Issoudun. Reassigned to the 139th Aero Squadron in 1918, he was wounded in action on the opening day of the St. Mihiel offensive. Recovering from his wounds in less than a week, he scored his first victories on the afternoon of 18 September 1918, shooting down two Pfalz D.IIIs over Pagny-sur-Moselle. By the end of October 1918, Lindsay scored four more victories and became the third highest scoring ace in his squadron. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army Air Corp and was commanding officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He retired in 1945 with the rank of Colonel. A founding member of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (forerunner to the Federal Aviation Administration), Lindsay assisted in the development of Berry Field in Nashville, Tennessee and remained actively involved in civil aeronautics throughout much of his life.